Double top.



E. VUILLAUME DOUBLE TOP APPLICATION FILED NO V. 25, 1907. 926,083 Patented June 22, 1909. 2 SHEET HEY-T 1.

UN-rrni EMILE VtilLIAlIM t1, UF PARIS, FltANtJl-l.

DOUBLE TOP.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 22, 1909.

Application filed November 25, 1907. Serial No. 403,754.

To all ail/m it may concern:

Be it known that l, EMILE VttiLLAUiin, merchant. a citizen of the Kingdom of Belgium. residing in Paris. Seine, France, have invented certain new and useful lniprovenients Relating to Double Tops. of which inv ntion the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The present invention relates to improveinclils in the construction of the double tops which are employed in the game known as Devil which as is known are constituted by threeparts sometimes formed of one piece but more generally separate and united by a rigid connection that is to say the two outer parts or cones and the median part or pulley which alone is intended to come into contact with the cord for spinning the top.

This invention relates more particularly to imparting greater flexibility and elasticity to the top at the point of junction of the cones, by means of an elastic connection sucl'raS a spring for example receiving and deadening all the shocks experienced by the top.

The inventor has found that double tops provided with a rigid connection or even insufliciently elastic at the point of assemblage or junction of the cones have presented the defect of breaking very speedily at the point of assembly which, owing to its reduced diameter, is naturally the weakest part of the top.

I11 Figure 1 there is shown a top comprising a hollow metal pulley A and two hollow or solid cones of wood. cork, felt etc. B. these latter being retained by an elastic strip or rod C. To insure the proper seating of the cones ll against the hollow pulley A a coil spring I) surrounding the strip C is interposed between the cones, bearing at its widened ends against the, inner faces l) of the latter and thus tending to assist in positioning the cones It upon pulley A after a displacement. The strip C is held in place by any suitable means. for example by the two nuts (1.

In the top shown in Fig. 2 the strip C is interrupted and replaced at this point by a spring C.

In the top shown in Fig. 3 the entire strip is replaced by a metal spring C while in that shown in Fig. 4 it is the spring C which is interrupted at the middle and replaced at this point by a resilient strip or rod C are held in place by pins or wedges c. In

i Fig. 3* the manner in which the top is deformed when it has been missed by the player and alls to the ground is. shown.

Fig. 5 represents a modification of the construction shown in Fig. l in which the longitudinal spring I) has been replaced either by spiral springs I) lodged in the base of the cones It (see the left hand part of Fig. 5) or by resilient .strips 1) (right hand part of Fig. 5). In the top shown in Figs. (5, 7 and 8, the elastic connection is established by one (Figs. (1 and 7) or by several (Fig. 8) springs or india rubber cords. In Fig. 6 the india rubber spring E pinched and held at its extremities by a rigid wire 6 the extremities c of which rest upon the cones B; in Fig. 7 the cord E is retained at its two extremities by a clip .ll provided with a perforated stud through which there passes a pin a, the whole protected by a cap 1) perforated for the passage of the pin 0 In the top shown in Fig. 8 there are several india rubber cords F retained by hooks f engaged with a pin e traversing the cap E these cords F can be conveniently combined with textile threads.

In Fig. 9 the pulley or inner part A is constituted by a bi-conical sprin the last convolutions a of which engage in an appropriate groove a in the cones B. In order to render this pulley A smooth the interstices between the convolutions may be filled with a small quantity of solder a or preferably a wire A of half-round section may be employed (Fig. 10).

All these tops present an elastic connection between the cones or external parts B, considered as separate elements. 'hile not departing from the essence of this invention it is possible while still of course preserving the elasticity of the inner part to give a certain elasticity to the cones themselves. This is what is represented inFigs. 11. 12 and 12).

In the constructional forms illustrated in Figs. 11 and 1; the cones I) with close convolutions (Fig. 11) or loose convolutions (Fig. 12) are formed in one piece with the pulley A or not as desired.

The tops may also be constructed as shown in Fig. 13 in which the cones I3 are formed by the prolongation of the inner spring (I protected by a pulley A as in the case of in i Figs. 1 to 8.

hoth'uases (Figs. 8 and I) the springs Cl The modified constructions shown in Figs.

it to 13 present the advantage of rendering t the cones ll themselves elastic: all danger of the pulley breaking as a result. oi shocks, at the point at which its diameter is small- 1 est, is thus entirely obviated. It will of; course be understood that in the case illust t trated in Figs. l1, l2 and 13 the cones 13 j What I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent. of the United States is ,1. A double top having a hollow doublecone section interposed between and flexibly united to the cones of said top, substantially as described.

t I t l B may be introduced. i

i I i 2. A double top having cone portions and a hollow double cone section between the same together with flexible means for uniting said parts whereby they may be deranged by shock without: injury to the top, substantially as described.

A double top having cone portions and a hollow double cone section between the same together with spring; means for uniting said parts whereby they may be deranged by shoe]: without injury to the top, substantially as described.

4-. double top having independent cone portions and a hollow double cone section interposed between the same together with spring means tor uniting said parts wherebv they may be deranged by shock without injury to the top, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification. in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

EMI LE V U ILL..\U .\I l). lVitnesses BENJAMIN BLoonn, LUomN VABAY. 

